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Aviation modeller, 1:48 unusual aircraft, especially during Vietnam War and helicopters. From Rome, IT

Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star

This is my fifth model here, the last member of 'FAC trilogy' composed of previous O-1E and O-2A. It's the most unusual and less known of three, the 'pre production' Lockheed YO-3A Quiet Star. YO-3A was a two-seat nearly silent [...]

Cessna O-1E Bird Dog – Hasegawa 1:48

Exactly one year after my last model, Cessna O-2A Oscar Deuce in 1:48 scale, I’m here again with its older cousin Cessna O-1E Bird Dog in the same scale. Coming from Hasegawa (ModelUsa), it requested a lot of improvements summarized as [...]

Cessna O-2A “Oscar Deuce” – 1:48 (Testors/Italeri)

Hi all, following my previous articles about Vietnam era helicopters, this is time for a fixed-wing! In late ‘60s USAF introduced twin-powered Cessna O-2A to replace single engine Cessna O-1 (my next project). Testors/Italeri kit is [...]

Bell OH-58A Kiowa – Esci 1/48

Following Hughes OH-6A presented here on April, a new Vietnam aeroscout is coming from my bench. This mid ‘80s 1/48 scale model by Esci is pretty good although its age. I got a lot of work inside the cockpit, none the less outside, with [...]

Hughes OH-6A ‘Loach’ – AMP 1:48

Hi all, I'm Alex from Rome, Italy. This is my latest project, aeroscout Hughes OH-6A 'Loach' 68-17365 called 'the Enforcer', Vietnam 1972. Kit by AMP that needs a lot of interior & exterior improvements, resin parts by CMK, Tailboom, [...]